Button



Feb; 24, 1931:.

- a. J. THI ESEN 'su'r'rofi Filed March 18, 1930 ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 24, 193i RUDOLPH J'. THIESEN, ATLANTA, GEORGIA BUTTON Application filed March 18, 1930. serial No. 436,778.

This invention relates to button fastening and, among other objects, aims to provide an improved detachable button adapted to be used in a pair of registering button holes and 5 so constructed that it works like an ordinary button sewed on the garment, at the same time obviating the need to sew on a new button when one is lost or broken. Another aim is to provide a button of this characterwhich 1 may be left in the garment when it is laundered and which will not break when the garment is ironed or passed through a mangle.

Other aims and advantages of the invention will appear in the specification when considered in connection with the illustrative embodiment thereof shown in the drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a garment showing the improved buttons applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a face view, on an enlarged scale, of one of the buttons;

Fig. 3 is a central sectional view of the button in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a face View, on a smaller scale than Fig. 2, showing a piece of textile fabric and a ring before being assembled to form the button back or securing disk; and

Fig. 5 is a face view showing the fabric assembled on the ring.

lVhile the improved button fastenings may be used on any ordinary garment, they are shown for convenience as being applied to a shirt 10 having pairs of registering button holes 11 like stud button holes. The holes in the inner facings serve as receptacles for the buttons which are designed to be buttoned into them from the inside and left in place until they are lost or broken. Spare buttons are adapted to be carried in some inconspicuous place, such as the cuff openings in the sleeves of a shirt, so as to be available for replacing any lost or broken buttons.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, there is shown an ordinary disk-shaped button 12 secured to a flexible disk in the form of a textile fabric backing 13 of woven or knitted matetial which covers a ring 14 of rigid, noncorrosive material, hard rubber or metal of circular cross section being preferred. The

thickness of the ringis preferablyequal to or greater than the thickness of the button and the internal diameter is greater than the external diameter of the button so that the button may be depressedinto the ring when the garment is being ironed or pressed, whereby to avoid injuring the button. Also, the connection to the ring affords ample flexibility to permit unanipulation by the fingers when buttoning and unbuttoning the garment.

While the fabric covering 13, onv the ring may be applied in various ways, it is conveniently out in circular or disk form, as shownin Fig. 4. Then, it is folded over the ring and sewed or drawn together at the center of the ring. v This may be done by means of a draw string. or thread inserted by a needle at the edge of the fabric. thickness of fabric is provided forming a strong backing for sewing on and holdingthe button. The button is then sewed on or otherwise secured tothe center of the covering through both thicknesses of the fabric.

It will be noted that the improved button fasteningsdiffer very materially from the ordinary link, separable and rigid buttons which generally have backings or parts necessitating their removal before the garments are laundered because the ordinary ironers or mangles do not have sufficient clearance to permit them to pass through. The improved button fastenings require no more clearance than the ordinary sewed-on buttons since they are depressed in the ring. Hence, they may be left in a garment until they are worn or torn out and replaced with spare buttons. Thus, they obviate the annoyance of sewing on buttons. They are much stronger and will stand more tension than most buttons sewed on thin fabrics and will, therefore, last longer. Moreover, the same set of buttons may be used interchangeably on different garments.

Obviously, the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and described.

What I claim is:

1. A button fastening of the character described, coinprising a button; a rigid ring of Thus, a double larger diameter than the button; and a flex ible fabric covering on the ring to which the button is flexibly secured so as to provide a flexible connection between the button and 5 the ring, said ring and covering constituting a backing or disk-retainer for the button.

2. A button fastening of the character described comprising, in combination, a. substantially disk-shaped button; a rigid, sub

stantially circular ring of larger internal diameter than the button; and a cloth covering secured to the ring to which the button is sewed to provide a flexible connection between the button and the ring, said ring and its covering constituting a backing or disk-retainer to hold the button in a button facing andsaid button being adapted to be depressed within the ring when a garment to which it is attached is being ironed.

8. A button fastening of the character described comprising, in combination, a button; a rigid ring of circular cross section and of larger internal diameter than the diameter of the button; and acloth covering on both sides of the ring to which said button is sewed to provide a flexible connection between the button and the ring, said button adapted to be depressed within the ring upon being ironed.

4. In a button fastening of the character described, a retaining disk or backing comprising a circular ring of rigid non-corrosive material; and a cloth covering on both sides of the ring to which a button is adapted to be secured so as to provide a flexible connection to said ring and to permit the button to be depressed within the ring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I haveihereto affixed my signature.

40 RUDOLPH J. THIE SEN. 

